The formal decommissioning of the Naval Service patrol ship LE Deirdre by the Minister for Defence, Mr Smith, scheduled for Friday in Cork Harbour, has been postponed. The Irish Underwater Council has postponed its annual conference in Sligo next weekend. The Naval Service has introduced precautionary measures for boarding fishing vessels at sea, given the number of EU fishing vessels which are inspected in Irish waters and the potential for spreading foot-and-mouth disease.